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Classic Serial: New Grub Street: Part 1

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

By George Gissing. Dramatised by Tony Ramsay in three parts.
Harold Pinter narrates the story of a group of struggling writers whose battles between artistic integrity and the dictates of the market place are fought out in pokey garrets during the 1880s.
(Repeated Saturday 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
George Gissing
Dramatised by:
Tony Ramsay
Music:
Mia Soteriou
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Narrator:
Harold Pinter
Edwin:
Jonathan Firth
Amy:
Emilia Fox
Jasper:
Jonathan Cake
Mr Yule:
Kenneth Cranham
Mrs Yule:
Ann Beach
Marian:
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Biffen:
Ian Masters
Dora:
Helen Longworth
Quarmby:
David Timson
Carter:
Martin Hyder
Bullen:
Carl Prekopp
Source: Radio Times

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